Camp-Meeting Shore 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 May 2011
2011

Hurry to that steamboat pier
Sailing time is drawing near.
Come on darkies don't you hear?
First mate swearing,
Oh my Lawdy dear!
Old sidewheeler, Nancy Lee,
Running right since sixty three.
Wheels churning a turning
anxious for to go.
Here is Deacon Jones
There is Razor Bones
by that cabin door.
Hear that shoveoff bell
hear those darkies yell
for that Godly shore.

Oh moon beams are playing a straying,
Oh, coons are a swaying a praying,
Can't you hear old Deacon Jones saying?
Come you sinners
Come you sinners.
Oh, banjos a tuning
a crooning.
Oh, soon I'll be spooning a mooning
for where my Cal'line's sure to be
that's where I'm goin' to be
at that old Campmeeting Shore.

Oh moon beams are playing a straying,
Oh, coons are a swaying a praying,
Can't you hear old Deacon Jones saying?
Come you sinners
Come you sinners.
Oh, banjos a tuning
a crooning.
Oh, soon I'll be spooning a mooning
for where my Cal'line's sure to be
that's where I'm goin' to be
at that old Campmeeting Shore.

August moon is shining bright,
river covered with its light.
Lawdy this is sure some night!
Here comes Cal'line dress'd clean out of sight.
Just the time to kiss and spoon.
Just the place and just the moon.
Come honey, my honey,
goodness, don't be shy.
See that darky throng
hear that good old song
Rising to the sky.
I just want to say
that I'm goin' to stay
right here till I die.

Oh moon beams are playing a straying,
Oh, coons are a swaying a praying,
Can't you hear old Deacon Jones saying?
Come you sinners
Come you sinners.
Oh, banjos a tuning
a crooning.
Oh, soon I'll be spooning a mooning
for where my Cal'line's sure to be
that's where I'm goin' to be
at that old Campmeeting Shore.

Oh moon beams are playing a straying,
Oh, coons are a swaying a praying,
Can't you hear old Deacon Jones saying?
Come you sinners
Come you sinners.
Oh, banjos a tuning
a crooning.
Oh, soon I'll be spooning a mooning
for where my Cal'line's sure to be
that's where I'm goin' to be
at that old Campmeeting Shore.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Camp-Meeting Shore 1913
Music by William Owens
Lyrics by Broughton Tall
© MCMXIII by William Owens & Stanley Broughton Tall
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 25 May 2011 at 08.24
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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